Hope all is well with youse guys out in 49ers bloggerland. The 49ers somehow snuck back into 2nd place in the running for the 2019 draft, and even #1 if the improbable happens (AZ beats Seattle on the road), and we lose to the Lambs on the road.
Well, our loss is all but guaranteed as the Rams are playing for home-field, the other games that would determine their fate are happening at the same time, and the Seahawks will more than likely rest their starters as their game has no bearing on their playoff position.
So, a possible perfect storm of events could still land us in the top spot. Which, I’m nearly sorry to say, will be spent on yet another defensive lineman. An edge rusher to be specific. Nick Bosa is the consensus choice, but he needs to prove to the league, and to the Niners, that he is fully recovered from his core tear, or whatever the fuck happened to him. A strange injury that either is:
a) no big deal
or
b) a possible career threatening injury that he may never recover from
I’m sure by the combine and pro days we’ll have a ssense how he’s doing, but it is still a little worrisome to pick a guy so high that could be damaged goods.
The bummer for SF is that there isn’t a very strong QB draft class, and the one guy who HAS value, Justin Herbert from Orygun has declared for his senior year and will not be coming out. This causes all sorts of commotion, mainly in that we can’t trade out of the top of the draft should someone throw desperation picks at us should AZ not trade out.
The other QBs rated worth a damn are Ohio State’s Dwayne Haskins and Duke’s Daniel Jones, but no one is touting them as #1’s by any means. So, it looks like a strong possibility that we miss out on Bosa, and can’t even trade out of the #2 spot.
I’d bet that since there’s no QBs on the board worth a damn, we get another DT, Quinnen Williams. Bye Bye AA. Although I will say we very well could go with Josh Allen from Kentucky. He is an excellent edge rusher and also covers well. We are down a linebacker with reuben Foster of course being on the purgatory list, and cut besides, so that remains a possibility.
Forty Niners Forever 
Jimmy 6-2
Nick 3-4
Jimmy damaged now.
Nick healthy.
I’d listen to offers RT.
ALL about business.
This coming draft board is nowhere near being set.There will be the usual combine spectaculars and a few who play their ass off in some of the bowls, pro days and workouts. i bet there are gonna be a handful of QB’s that are gonna draw some interest. If it’s possible I would trade out for more picks myself at this point. That is sure to be changing at least 100 times until the fucking draft.
Indeed it will Winder.
Focus on the pieces needed. Slot them and go for extra Picks if possible.
Whoever is available for us at 2, could be a chip to bargain over.
Jimmy, Nick are equal in terms of experience.
Nick wins by virtue of his Cap number.
If Jimmy could be sold over a rookie Draftee, take it.
Reposition on the Draft Board, to get guys you want, vs taking who’s there when you’re on the clock.
Plan ahead, listen to options, slide back if it makes sense.
NJ- Lol, I know football players about as well as I know horses. I rarely get it right, but I have fun trying.
Nothing wrong with trying Winder.
Gives us something to do.
The piece we need is ER. The second piece we need is ER. Possibly the third piece we need is ER.
The Niner D is dead last in the league in turnovers, and it ain’t even close. Last by a bunch. The Bears have 29 interceptions ALONE.
Edge rusher, edge rusher, edge rusher. Screw quantity; we got quantity.
Not even a 4-12 season is going to faze me today. A good day. A snow day. Most snow I’ve ever seen outside the mountains. A cozy fire a jug of wine and thou…
Hah! Sounds good, Rufus.
And don;t you forget it . . .
Snow day? You are in New Mexico, right, RTF?
Yeppers, almost ten years now. Seven years since I moved from 7000′ (where this amount of snow would be nothing) to 4000′.
NJ, no one is going to throw the bank at Jimmy G in a trade. He’s coming off a knee injury, and he’s the least experienced QB on our team when it comes to starts. We may have overpaid, but that was necessary at the time. We still have a ton of cap room, and the team is not even considering trading him. It would be foolhardy to bail on Garoppolo and go all-in on Mullens mainly because there’s little reason to do it. If Garoppolo leads an improved team to the playoffs, then we are on schedule.
If he doesn’t, we’ll have to see what we got at the end of next year.
You’ll have a mediocre Italian quarterback but you’ll have one who gets tons of porn star lovin’ and that’s all that matters
Wow. It must take all your metal capacity to come up with these gems.
Don’t quit your day loafing.
Agree Chuck. Jimmy was dealt with the express purpose of getting him into a positive position. No malous with Jimmy, simply making some favorable comparisons to what Nick has done.
Given the money, injury etc, highly doubt anyone would come calling but…..
Somewhat fun to see what happens next.
The way I see it is we finally have a couple of able QB’s that just might turn out to be special. I wouldn’t trade Jimmy or Mullens. It has just been to long since we’ve have guys who can read defenses and go through progressions. We just have to get the draft right this year. Turns out last years was a pretty good draft for us.
YUP
2 guys looking good today from UVA.
FS Juan Thornhill
OT Marcus Applefield
Playing in Belk Bowl.
Poor St. Jim gets waxed in yet another big game with his conservative offense and plodding D. Wonder how much longer he sticks around the Big House.
New thread is up.